Ileana Sanchez
Dailysports's expert
Real Sociedad
Roma
On March 16, Reale Arena (San Sebastian) will host the second leg of the 1/8 finals of the Europa League, in which Real Sociedad will compete with Roma. The battle will start at 21:00 CET
Real Sociedad
The team is now trying to break into the Champions League. Moreover, it follows to the higher mentioned target in two ways simultaneously. On the one hand, there is a struggle in the Primera for a place in the quartet. And in this case it is reasonable to state that “the Txuri-urdin”, as it has often happened before, after a good first lap, are “blown away” closer to the end of the draw. There has been only a single victory in the match against Espanyol since the end of January – a hard away 3-2 one. The match with Mallorca also ended only in a 1-1 draw. It is possible that in this way, Imanol Alguacil will move the focus to the Europa League. There, his wards won the first five matches of the group stage in the autumn. And even a 0-1 defeat made by Manchester United in the very end did not prevent them from taking the 1st place in the quartet – as a result, the ream started playing in the play-offs last Thursday. The first game that was in the capital of Italy was lost with a 0-2 score.
Roma
The club is listed perhaps higher than the ambitious “Basques”. Still, it has got an identical goal – to return finally to the Champions League. The same situation is with the unsuccessful denouements, which have already dragged on for a very long time. Even Mourinho brought only the victory in the Conference League in the previous season. Jose is aware of the fact that “the chair” is swinging under him, and the rumours about Tuchel have appeared for a reason. However, there are chances to complete everything successfully, because it has been possible to struggle in the Calcio so far, where the team has recently beaten Juventus. But what’s the point if, then, there was a 3-4 defeat made by Sassuolo? There are pretty many troubles in the Europa League, but it succeeds. The Italian club lost not only to Betis, but also to Ludogorets at the group stage, but took the second place. The first 1/16 final match against “Red Bull” resulted in a 0-1 score in Salzburg, and everything became clear only after a home 2-0 success. A positive score was repeated in the battle with the Spanish team – the goals were scored at the beginning and the end of the match.
The statistics of head-to-head matches
The clubs played against each other for the first time last Thursday.
Predictions
Bookmakers believe that Real Sociedad can succeed. Still, it is out of shape, thus, it’s worth betting on the fact that the guests won’t lose (odd: 1.75).
